News about Twin Tiers college students, service members

Mansfield University President Fran Hendricks presents Peggy Dettwiler with the MU Presidential Coin for Excellence after she directed the Mansfield Festival Chorus on April 11.(Photo11: PROVIDED PHOTO)

Peggy Dettwiler, professor of music and director of choral activities at Mansfield University, received the MU Presidential Coin for Excellence on April 11. Under Dettwiler's direction, the MU Concert Choir won the world championship in the Gospel and Spiritual Category at the World Choir Games in Graz, Austria in 2008, then took three Gold Medals at the World Choir Games in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2012 and in 2014, brought home three more gold medals from the World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia In 2011, the Concert Choir won first place and two second-place prizes at the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, and was awarded the 2011 American Prize in Choral Performance for the College/University Division.

•John Laidlaw of Athens was named to the winter dean's list at South Hills School of Business & Technology in State College. He is a second year student in business administration-accounting.

•Maureen Hill of Elmira was named to the fall dean's list of D'Youville College in Buffalo. A biology major, she is the daughter of Thomas F. and Michelle L. Hill of Elmira.

•Nicole Hill was named to the fall highly distinguished category for faculty honors at the College of Charleston, South Carolina. An English major specializing in creative writing, she is the daughter of Thomas F. and Michelle L. Hill of Elmira.

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Lauren Woolhiser of Horseheads has accepted membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. She is a freshman at Syracuse University, majoring in Biology. She is enrolled in Syracuse's University Renee Crown University Honors Program. She graduated from Horseheads High School in 2014, and was class valedictorian.

Lauren Woolhiser(Photo11: Provided Photo)

•Alex Varkatzas of Elmira was inducted into the National College Athlete Honor Society (Chi Alpha Sigma). He attends Binghamton University and is a member of the men's varsity soccer team. He is a 2013 graduate of Elmira Free Academy and is the son of Kostas Varkatzas of Elmira.

•Carlyle Lynch-Benjamin of Burdett was selected to exhibit artwork in SUNY Oneonta's 2015 Student Juried Art Exhibition. The exhibition, featuring more than 100 works by student artists, opened April 13 and runs through May 16 in the college's Martin-Mullen Art Gallery.

•Kaitlin Walker, of Lindley, was named to the fall dean's list at Biola University in La Mirada, California.

•Kenneth Reuter of Spencer was named an outstanding undergraduate scholar at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the son of Michael Reuter and Cynthia Reuter. A third-year student in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences.

•The following area students have been named to the dean's list at Le Moyne College for the 2014 fall semester:

Margaret Benedict of Hammondsport, a senior business administration management and leadership major.